t Vol. 19 - No. 21 Thursday, May 17,1979 Corning Community College For the May 6 Coalition i Demonstration May Just Be a Start V NUciiid "as* .goodbye A News Analysis By Mchele \ell ale Special to the Grier Nuclear energy is an issue of far-reaching magnitude. America's future will be decided by the outcome of the debate over its feasability-Some of us can’t help but wonder if the legislators we trust to guard our rights and safety are in touch with our needs. The May 6 nuclear demonstration in Washington, D.C. was organized as a national effort to express America’s concern and mistrust of nuclear- produced energy. App-proximately 100 people from the Bath-Corning area journeyed to the Capitol Sunday to participate. A cross-section of American society assembled at the Ellipse to begin the march.We were greeted on our arrival by a dancing, chanting circle of well wjshers of the sun .which had not yet conquered the early morning clouds. An elderly Washingtonian, carring a “Senior Power” cign, asked these he met if they had written their congressmen. There was a young man with long braided hair near the restraining fence on East Avenue, aiming binoculars at the White House. He was looking for faces peeking out of the windows. Couples with wide-eyed children, and quiet people with grey hair, and men and women in suits and finery all sat or stood patiently on the grass across the street from the White House. The majority of demonstrators, though, were young adults, the heirs to America’s uncertain future. By noon the number of people had swelled to something over 75,000. The march begain. Traffic on Pennsyl- vania Avenue was restricted to accomodate the group, which was led by protesters from Harrisburg and Three Mile Island. Many of the marchers - were re-living the anti-Vietnam demontrations of a decade ago. It took over three hours for the entire J crr'~: d ro walk the mile or so to the steps of the Capital building. Banners and signs bobbed with the motion of the march. We were dwarved on all sides by the monuments and edifices of the government we had come to entreat. We passed between our nation’s halls of justice and hoping that our unified voices wotild resound against the crumbling alabaster and reach the ears of our elected leaders. The crowd rallied at the base of the Capital building. Such learned and acclaimed opponents of nuclear power as Ralph Nader, Dr. John Gofman, Gov. Gerry Brown, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and Bella Abzug encouraged us to continue the movement against nuclear energy. Entertainment was offered by such sympathetic musicians as Jackson Browne, Graham Nash,. John Sebastion, and the Paul Winter Consort. The anxiety and mistrust of some of America’s citizens was crystallized into adetermined and organized political movement with conclusion of Sunday’s Demonstration. The May 6 Coalition was successful in making a political statement. President Carter met with the organizers of the march Monday. He acknowledged the growing lobbying power of the antinuclear movement and expressed sympathy with our demands. However, Mr. Carter announced that it would be unfeasible, to close down our nuclear power plants because the country is so dependent on them, Chicago, for example, receives over half of its power from nuclear sources. The indications are that Sunday’s demonstration was only the first. CLEAN ENERGY petitions will be avalible in the Commons this week and next, and at Sunfest on Saturday. 2 THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 \ - r, " ■„ •»* ' On Platonic Relationships 66 Thankx for the Claps 99 Dear Ed, listen to the average college student talk about a previous night’s date. Does he talk about how fun the company was? Does ne talk about his date's personality, or even about her great dancing ability? No. What they usualy comment on is whether or not they scored. There is something painfully sick in that, when a whole relationship centers around sex, when a human being is reduced to nothing more than an equation of yes or no. The healthest relationship that a man and woman can have is a platonic one. Here, with sexual tensions erased, the two can really get to know one another. The true expression of human emotion, the love and understanding that comes from appreciation the whole person can only come about if our awkward and animalistic sex drive is subverted. When you go out on a date, thrust the thought of sex from your mind. If your date is weanng a halter top, thereby showing her exquisitely -carved shoulders and pear-shaped breasts to their best advantage, be strong. Try thinking of wet noodles. Wet, slimy, gooey, noodles mixed with tuna fish. That will take the starch out. Remember, a woman is not all T’s and A. , she has a mind too. Talk to her. Ask her advice. Find out what she's interested in. I always do. Also, never make a pass at her, even if you've spent an entire evening listening to her idiotic drivel and deserve some repartation, it could spoil the atmosphere of an otherwise pleasant evening. Just shake her hand and chank her for a good time. I always do. If on your return home, you find yourself too horny and frustrated to sleep, try taking a long relaxing bath followed up with a tall glass of warm milk. You might also try liking the fuzz off a peach, or taking the current issue of White Trash into to a closet. I always do. I mean, it's really sick to even want to make out. Think about it, sticking your tongue into someone’s mouth and God knows where else. Not only that, but planning for it and being disappointed if you don’t! Brushing one’s teeth every day and cauterizing your mouth with Scope on the off-chance you may get to lick anchovies off someone’s molars; its disgusting! In fact, the whole idea of dating is perverted. The whole damned ritual of going up and asking a virtual stranger to share an evening with you. What do you really know about that person, eh? She could be a closet nazi or an extremely adept transvestite. Worse, they could be living with somebody. Do you know how embarrassing it is to ask someone out who’s living in sin? They should all wear signs announcing the fact, perhaps a scarlet letter. Have you noticed how the good-looking guys seem to get all the girls they want? How can they enjoy it? They lack the depth, the sensitivity to really enjoy sex at the proper level. Yet show the female populus a pair of deltoids and they swoon. People like me, while we may not be Adonises, at least use sensitivity when we grab a piece of ass. In conclusion, when you really think about it, there is only one problem with a platonic relationship and that is that it is platonic! That’s all I go on, and I’m sick and tired of the damned things! They are BORING! Who really enjoys going out with a girl and talking? Plato? He’s dead. The Pope? Hah! Have you noticed how many nuns inhabit the Vatican? Pat Boone, perhaps, he with the six kids. He’ll say anything to keep Debbie singing. Yours, Jason Leafenson P.S. Why do all editors seem to be named Ed? Thanx For The Clapsj Dan says I’ve, only got a few minutes to write this, so hang on to your hats. APC would like to thank all performers and audiences for participating with our Coffee House this semester. If you were on the ball, you heard some damn good music. Some of the highlites... Kevin Roe And Steve Peao Corning Grass Works (call 962-1185) V . • Jim “Magic Fingers’ — Murphy Phil Smock, Dave Hill and Mikey Cripe Mary “Cheeks” Chely John Mooney (watch for his album on Blind Pig Records) Dorothy Carter Dennis D’Asaro Thanx again and flunk all of your tests. S. Mess John Mooney , of “I’m Goin’ Fishin’ tame, pleased a rousin’ Crowd outside the Commons on April 25. The blues gui- tairist treated students to pleasing R & B licks for an enticing two hours? If you missed him, you missed him. DSAM Club Thanks Participants in "Aware” We students of the DisABLEd Students Club would like to thank the students, staff, and faculty who took part in our Awareness Program, and we invite your comments and suggestions on this program. You can leave any information in Box 3-L in room U208 or attend our meeting on any Monday at 1:00 in the small lounge. Attention All Civil Disobedients There’s much talk of oink-oink for Saturday. Undercover and all, may have a list of your favorite social haunts on campus and in nature center. Whatever you’re into, no matter the partial legality, leave it home. Doing without for a few hours is better than having to post bail. Veterans’ Scholarship Deadline Today All veterans on campus who aregraduation are eligible to apply for the Robert Giuffrida veterans scholarship. For applications contact Bruce W. Hurd, Veterans’ Counselor in the Administration Building. All applications must be received by the Veterans’ Counselor no later than May 17th or they will not be considered. Raffle winners were: 1st- Nancy Salm 2nd- Penny Wingert 3rd-John J. McGowana 25% of what the club took in will be donated to the coalition for the Handicapped Young Adults of Steuben County. THANK YOU, D.S.C. A Retraction The article “We Shoot Mad Dogs, Don’t We?” on the letter page of the April 26 Crier was not meant to be taken as fact, in any lang- « uage. Bad taste was expressed by the author in his opinion of the person or persons implicated in the article, and equal bail judgement in its publication was my own. I apologize to Mr. Bonomo and his family for any offence they may have taken at the article. Daniel Aloi THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 3 “Student Gov’t Should Be Eliminated” By, K.C. O’BRIAN Every year the CCC student government says that very few students are active in extra-curricular activities. This year another organizations, the Black Student Union, has folded. Is this because of student apathy or because most students do not have the time or energy for these things? Only this year( one student government president has resigned and another is involved in impeachment proceedings for misusing student government funds. Do the students of CCC really need these extra headaches? For most students up here, CCC is only a stepping stone to a larger institution. Most come up here to raise their grades so they may transfer. Many of these students come for only a semester or two. And a good number of other students are married, have children, or work. To them getting involved in extra-curricular activities would only draw their time and energy . away from what is really the reason for going to college, to learn. The student government is always saying that if students don’t get involved in a certain organization then it will be dropped. ! say great, if an organization doesn’t have the backing of the students then maybe it doesn’t interest them and no longer has a purpose, other than to waste the student’s money. The student government itself is too often only populated by students who are lured by the senator salary and not by civic duty. Sometimes a person in student governemnt is really interested in the students, but is not backed by the rest of the government. I think that the entire student government, except for the president, secretary, and treasurer, should be eliminated. A movement is going through the country right now to eliminate the electoral college, thus having direct votes. I think the same movement is going through this campus. When a student has an organization or an idea that he thinks is important, he can bring the idea before the president. If the president thinks it’s a worthy idea, he can put the vote to the students. Students would then pick up a ballot, stating the purpose of the vote. This way all the students would know the issue, and not an elitist few. The students would have direct power, and more students would get involved. Not only would the corruption in the government be gotten rid of, but all the students could participate in their own government. On Alcoholism, By SARA METCALF He swore he would never drink again as he lay in bed with his head throbbing. He tried to put out of his mind the parts of the night before that he would remember. It seemed terrifying to him that he only had partial recollections of where he went or who he saw. Sam is not his real name, but he is a real person with a cruel and terrifying disease, alcoholism. He has promised himself and his family many times that he’d stop drinking. He suffers through each day fearing another binge would come. He suffers through the mornings after with the courage of a young man entering into battle. Inside, his paranoia and guilt are becoming more real to him. He apologizes to himself and his family in his effort to relieve his guilt. There are ten million people in the United States just like Sam who must liveeach day “One day at a Time”. They are usually stereotyped as stinking-breathed, red eyed bums who spend days and nights in barrooms seeking their solace through alcohol. That stereotype is a gross understatemnet probably made by people who have never encountered an alcoholicand been aware of that fact. Haven't you been in a bar on occasion and heard a commotion as the oartender shuts off another drunk? Well, it probably wasn’t the first time either. You and your friends probably laughed as anothtr young girl belched into the street after too many drinks. Well, if you stopped to think that these so-called comic characters are actually victims of a dreadful disease you wouldn’t be so quick to laugh at them. The point of all of this is to ask you the reader, to ask yourselves: “Is there someone close to me who drinks too much?” If the answer is “Yes” then that person is in dire need of help. He or she is a victim of a disease which can never get better or go away, it just becomes worse. Alcoholism is no joking matter, it ruins lives and can kill innocent people as well as the alcoholic himself. Professors Should Be Considerate Of Students By GERI SEARLES Is it fair for students to drive up Spencer Hill, park their cars, walk to their class building, only to find a sign on the door stating “Class Canceled?” Although some may argue differently, most students will agree that having a class canceled is not only an inconvenience but also takes away from the learning process. Some persons feel that they are paying good money for classes, and they should meet with their classes each time one is scheduled. Parhaps the student even feels a little let down by his professor’s non-attendance in class. While not proclaiming that substitute teachers should be hired, something should be done. Would it be possible for each teacher to have one or two “back-up” plans to be implemented in the case of her/his inability to attend class? This “back-up” system could be in the form of an audio-visual instruction or an in-class assignment that could be set up or explained by another instructor or staff ember. This person would not have to “teach” the class or even stay in the classroom. He would only be there to give instructions and to get the students started. Granted, professors are humans and become ill or have unexpected emergencies, but they should still be conciderate of the student and have some other form of instruction available. "More Research Needed” For Nukes’ Feasibility By, ANN DOHERTY Nuclear power plants are appearing throughput the United States. These plants are used to produce energy necessary for this society to function. Unfortunately before these plants were put into use, there wasn’t enough information gathered on them. If radioactive material leaked in to the ait, soil or water supplies, this contamination can cause radiation poisoning, genetic defects for up to three or four generations, and even death. Nuclear power plants are run by people; therefore, mistakes can be made. One mistake could cause the death of thousands living in the area of the plant not to metion the d.imagc to livestock, wild animals, and the land. Radiation has diverse effects on our environment. It not only kills humans, but also trees, grass, and animals. Mutant forms of sponges found exclusively off the coasts of California and Japan are caused from radioactive material seeping into the water. Nuclear power plants are altering the environment we are living in. There are other ways to produce energy besides nuclear power plants. Windmills and solar energy are two excellent examples. Little or no damage to the environment results from these two options, and there is no radioactive waste to worry about. Nuclear power plants produce radioactive wastes. The waste is more dangerous than the radioactive material because there is no safe way to store or be rid of it. These wastes have been stored in containers and dropped into the ocean. Unfortunately the containers are deteriorating, and wastes are leaking into the ocean. The wastes could, end up in the food chain as a result. They have also been stored above ground. However, the people in the communities for prospective storage sires are well aware of the risk invloved and attempt, sometimes even suceed to halt, the storage of the waste. Nuclear power is a dangerous technology. More research is needed before America depends on these plants for their main source of energy. the CRIER PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE Daniel E. Aloi.............Editor-In-Chief ..............Managing Editor Claudine Brown.................Photography Editor James Burgess.......................Layout Editor .............................Sports Editor Dorothy Ketchum............Business Manager Thomas Wenderlich........Circulation Manager Betsy Sproule...................Secretary Mrs. Betty White.........Editorial Consultant PHOTOGRAPHERS: Ed Flynn Bob Lyon Steve Snyder William Swrthout GRAPHICS: Guy T. VanHorn Jo ; Rotsell TYPESETTING: Shyrll L. Stewart REPORTERS: Geri Searles The Journalism Class-EN 266 4 THE CRIER. THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 PRISM, a spectrum of the arts, a gift to the community from the College, particularly the Arts and Convocations Committee, offered a week-long potpourri of fine entertainment, crafts, a Law Day program, and poetry readings. Scholarship Pigging: frount row; Tom Wenderlich, champion; Mike Preston,3rd place; Steve Colomonero, outgoing champ and 2nd place winner; Karen Sirp, 4th place; far right and not seen: Dave Chapman, 5th place. Back Row: Dave Biviano, Judge; Ray Harter, Judge; Dave Game, Master of Ceremonies; Jim Allan, Judge. Wenderlich’s 15 1/2 inch mark still falls short of the 20 1/4-inch record held at BroomeTZ.C. An editorial comment: Cosmo Retires His "JAWS" CCC has a new sandwicheating champion and a bigger scholarship fund, thanks to Deru’s Sandwich-Eating Scholarship Contest held last Wednesday before a standing-room only crowd in the Main Dining Room. Winner Tom Wenderlich, a freshman general studies major, copped a trophy and a new school record by wolfing down 15% inches of sandwich during the five-minute event, deposing last year’s champ, Steve “Cosmo” Colmonero by a mere inch and a quarter. Colmonero, who appeared with a shark fin jutting from his back and a “Jaws II” emblem on his chest, drew loud cheers from the crowd as he pigged out on the monster 2 5-inch sandwich that was the mainstay of the event. Mike Preston, who finished third, ate 13 inches; fourth place went to Karen Sirp with eight inches and fifth place went to Dave Chapman with seven-and-a-half inches. Both Sirp and Chapman received gift-wrapped rolls of Turns for their efforts, while the top three finishers all received trophies. In total, the five contestants in the food race ate 58.75 inches of submarine sandwiches, raising $268.88 for the scholarship fund. Deru Food Services, the outfit that provides the meals here, donated $4.50 for each inch of sandwich consumed. Administrators Dave Biviano, Jim Allan, and Ray Harter acted as judges and a check was granted the College by Deru officials as the contestants belched their appreciation. Wenderlich says he got in shape for the event by “pigging out a lot the night before to stretch out my stomach, and to make sure I had a dynamite case of the munchies right be-fpre I ate one of those monsters.” Although his strategy won him the school record, Broome Community College is the all-time champ, where last month one student consumed 20-% inches in the five-minute contest. THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17,1979 5 Coming Howled For Paul Winter Concert Paul Winter—urging a receptive crowd to let go for some fwhole earth music” at a concert sponsored by PRISM On may l at the Coming Cinema. By Dan Aloi A howling good rime... “whole earth” music... interspecies communication... a composer’s enviromental concerns in a blend of jazz and indigenous chants... celebration of unity, and of life... A Timber Wolf as a background vocalist: all this, and more, transpierd and inspired when the Paul Winter Consort gave an enjoyable performance to a crowd of about 300 at the Corning Cinema last Tuesday night (May 1). The consors appearance was a highlight of PRISM, a week -' long arts festival. After a. brief introduction and a welcome to Corning, * Winter, the saxophonist-leader of the group, walked onstage and was joined by four other musicians on a crowded stage of twenty-odd instruments, all acoustic. Immediately, the members of the Consort picked up their instruments and went into a “song” with a jazz-salsa melody accented by driving, funky jungle percussion. As the song progressed, each member of the band switched to nearby shakers, marimbas, drums, and cowbells and gathered in a circle on the floor of center stage, as Paul chanted to the rhythm. When the piece abruptly ended, Winter admitted to an ecstatic audience that the piece was “a warm-up we do to jther after a few days of not performing together.” Quite an impressive warm-up, and a fitting introduction to the music he and the Consort were to provide us. Winter introduced the members of the Consort to the receptive crowd, and their bariety of exotic instruments, some form as far away as Uganda, Ecuador, and Pakistan, were desribed. Jim Scott, on classical and 12-string guitars and keyboards, produced gentle tinging sounds in the opening and closing movements of “Ocean Child” a piece that was in essence a lullaby based on the soundings of the humpback whale. Winter accompanied on a contrabass vibratophone (blown into to imitate wale soundings), while the other members of the Consort melded their instruments into an aquatic symphony. Other Consort members are: Nancy Rumble on oboe and English horn; Saprito, a veritable powerhouse on a range of percussion instruments from steel durms and tympani to bongos and woodblocks; and an en-*, ergetic, vibrant cellis whose name escapes this reviewer. The cello solo duringTcarus”, the Consort’s first encore, was long, variegated in its range of highs and lows, and excellently performed. Winter’s show-stopper, one get back in touch with each he says gives “the audience a chance to get into their music”, is “Wolf Eyes”, the melody of which was chorded on a saxophone by Winter, and adapted from five soulful, bluesy Timber wolf calls that were played on tape at the beginning, middle and coda of the piece. Recalling his intimate “collaboration” with'' Vethro, the wolf, the composer lamented, “Wolves generally have a very shy sensitivity, and they mean less harm to us than we do to them. When wolves and coyotes howl, it’s more spiritual than supernatural or evil; it is a celebration of unity, and of life.” ...the final strains of the instrumental fade as the auditorium is plunged into an immense darkness, howing, subtle baying from the male members of the Consort (but Nancy may have been in ther too...); Paul’s voice asked us from somewhere in the black of night: “When’s the last time you had a good howl?” Howls, howls, of all lengths, volumes and tones, rose up from; the seats *in a kind of discordant unison, desperately, stivingly trying to harmonize with the amplified bayins coming from the stage. Three minutes...howling, celebrating unity-life, a feeling shared by all who let out and howled. The lights rise back up as the music rises with it; a brief coda and an end, the audience goes wild. Winter has said, in the liner notes to his album (Earth-dance), that “The best way to experience music is to lose your(mind and come to your senses.” As the Consort’s improvised piece, “Music for a Spring Evening in Corning”, attested, the Consort is truly a meeting, of a group of music- ians on a common ground, transcending species barriers, challenging our limited perception towards animals, taking the listener as high as the soaring fish-eagle and as low as the sounding whale flowing through watery calm. It is a true regaining of innocence through music,- an ecologically sound principle, the basis of the Consort’s philosophy, and a nice way to spend a Tuesday evening in Corning. 6 THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 $5e fust 3itD Jfear jflot!!! Nurses to Get Pinned The Nursing Class of 1979 would like to extend an invitation to the teaching staff to attend our Pinning Ceremony. Over the time we have spent, often struggling, in our years at C.C.C., the staff has shared in our efforts. We would like them to also share in our triumph. If you plan to attend, please call Judy Jensen, Secretary in the Nursing Building at 241. THE NURSING SOCIETY OF CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE PINNING CEREMONY FOR THE CLASS OF 1979 JUNE 1 , 1979 7 t 30 P. M. - CORNING HILTON INN CORNING, NEW YORK ' V j$ art’? Buffalo’s own Denis D’Asaro, singer/storyteller and folkie, gave a handful of CCCers a good two hours of “legitimate folk music, buffer songs,” and a couple of risque pieces “from my lounge act” last Thursday outside the Commons. D’Asaro appeared through the courtesies of APC Coffeehouse, a Steve Messer enterprise. Stay tuned next year for more coffeehouse news. And once again, thanx for the claps. THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 7 SUMMER COURSES Alternate Energy HOW NOW, DRANO? HOUSING OPPORTUNITY For two dependable, honest students. Free room and board in beautiful home in exchange for feeding dog, watering plants, and an occasional helping hand in the kitchen. Available in the fall. For more information, contact Meta Speigler in the Housing Office, Commons. Microprocessor Fundamental Two three-day courses in Microprocessor Fundamentals will be offered at Corning Community College in June. The first session is scheduled for June 6, 7 and 8 and the second June 11, 12, and 13. While the course is technical in nature, it is intended promarily for people who have not worked with computers or digital logic circuits. It will involve hands-on instruction utilizing microprocessor trainers. Among the topics to be covered are: Getting Acquainted with a Micro; Hardware Programming; Making Hardware and Software Work Together; and Digital Techniques. Because of equipment limitations, classes must be limited to the first 16 registrants for each section. A Jtext, 8080 MICROCOMPUTER EXPERIMENTS, will be utilized. Each day classes meet from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p.m. Edward F. Hermann and Gerald K. Thomas, professors of electrical technology, developed the course and will instruct it. Complete information on course content, text, and registration information can be obtained from the Office of Continuing Education and Community Services. Elementary Russian A course in Elementary Russian is scheduled for the evening session of summer school at Corning Community College. It will concentrate on the rapid acquisition of basic Russian with attention to the Cyrillic alphabet, pronunciation, vocabulary and speaking practice. Dr. Robert T. Giuffrida, professor of modern languages and instructor for the course noted, “The class will experience a multi-media learning process wherein the student will be aware of Russian AS A LANGUAGE IN ITS CULTURE.” Films, film strips, language laboratory tapes, records of music and poetry will be supplemented by an array of Russian posters, books, magazines, and even foods. In person registration is scheduled for the Classroom Building on campus on June 4 from 9 to noon, 1-3 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Course descriptions and registration information can be obtained from the Office of Continuing Education and Community Services. Systems for the Home Two-Day Seminar Alternate energy systems and how to convert your home to one or more alternate forms of energy consumption will be the topic of a seminar at Corning Community College in early June. David Sellers, Vermont architect and founder-director of the first experimental envirimental design department at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermon, and a graduate of Yale University will be the seminar leader. Sellers is also the architect for the College’s Spencer Crest Interpretive Center. On Friday, June 8 from 7-10 pm he will discuss Energy Terminology and present a practice in converting one type of energy unit to another. On Saturday, June 9 frorn 8 am to 5 pm the various systems designs will be dis- cussed? Solar energy fpas-sive and active), bio-mass energy, wind energy, everyday conservation, geothermal energy and heat pumps. Mr. Sellers will also show participants how to do a feasibility study of domestic alternate energy use. — Each participant will be assigned a project of doing a fesibility study of their own home. The study findings will then be presented to faculty leaders on Saturday, June 16 from 8 am tq 12 noon. The course will carry 1 hour of credit. Emory Bauer, professor of engineering, is coordinator for the course. Lunch, books, handouts and tuition is in eluded in the $35 fee. For further information, contact Professor Bauer at Corning Community College. WHO NEEDS WHALES? We all do. From life in the oceans comes what is most important to us on land—food and oxygen. The whales play a vital role in maintaining the marine ecosystem. Our future may well depend upon their survival. What we don't need is whaling. Man is slaughtering the last of the world's great whales—destroying creatures many scientists believe have an intelligence equal, perhaps even superior, to our own. There is no reason on earth to kill whales. Greenpeace wants whaling to stop. For the past 3 years our members have placed themselves between the whales and the whalers' harpoon, non-violently protesting whaling at sea and focusing world attention on this critical problem. From the North Atlantic to the mid-Pacific and off the shores of Australia we will continue our struggle to save the whales from extinction. In order to continue we need your support. THE WHALES NEED YOU. Send what you can today, to: GREENPEACE FOUNDATION BOX C-5 240 FORT MASON SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123 GREENPEACE (a non-profit organization) hole. J Hudnall. courtesy Bishop Museum, Hawaii 8 THE CRIER, THURSDA Y, MA Y17, 1979 The Coming Of “Star Trek The Motion Picture The respective geniuses of Gene Roddenberry (left--photo by Kevin Hay) and Trumbull (right) promise to enrich the impact of Paramount’s new feature-length Focus gives an exclusive look at the coming of Star Trek— The Motion Picture, Michael Minor discusses Scenes, Specials effects, and problems related to the film. Bill Knight: Your were the production’s head illustrator. How does that fit into the logistics of filmmaking- the flow from concept to screenwriter to producer? Minor: Generally, in a normal film, there will be occasional need for an illustrator just simply rendering pictures of sets or sequences that haven't been shot yet just to get a handle on it so the' producer can see what the art department has in mind. Then a whole ‘nother kind of picture will emerge like Hitchcock has used for years, and Disney, particularly in animation, where of course they do scene braekdowns continuity boards. I designed the ceiling on the bridge. I came up with a sketch which Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry, the producer) liked, and I even went so far as to do some very simple, elevation plan views of it. Then that was turned over to the set designers - the draftsmen who made Douglas STAR TREK. the truly workable working drawing. Then you send it off to the mill, and it’s built. Knight: is there any scene or set that bears your personal imprint? Minor: Well, there is the weapons station, on the bridge - Chekov’s new station. Whole new sections on the bridge were re-devised. And one of the things we threw out was the weapons look, the weapons station, and a whole new concept came in. So I pulled that together, and again, pulled the ceiling together. The cieling looks like a machine device - looks like it’s a whole sensor device. I can point to the whole Vulcan sequence as my stamp. Now, it’s out of my hands now and at one point I had even heard they were going to throw the whole sequence out, because they weren’t happy with the acting quality of one of the Vulcans they had gotten at the last minute. It was rumored that Nimoy wasn’t that pleased with the calibre of acting in the whole shot - he wanted to do it over. But that would have meant another half a million dollars in expenditures, so now I hear it.s back By, Bill Knight, The Prarie Sun in. And I hope they - kinda hope they leave the Vulcan look as we devised it, ‘cause it’s rather grand - a certain sunset, twilight, lost world look, with some red vapoirs, high cirrus clouds, and stange - looking statues dotting the plain. Knight: of the things that have been filmed thus far, is there any particular scene that seems very striking to you? The Vulcan scene seems to have a big impact. Minor: Vulcan should be striking. And we have a hell of an engine room, that Hal Michelson developed, that looks like it goes on for 300 feet, when actually its only 40 feet deep. Of course the floor ramps up, and the cieling ramps down towards it. There’s the finale . . . like dose Encounters, they have a boffo. finale to bring it all together. And Star Trek does rely heavily upon that happening, to be a satisfying piece of story telling. As you may or may not know, Doug Trumbull is helming the picture now... John Dykstra’s on the thing now too. (Editor’s note: These are two pioneers of the mo dern revolution in sp -rial effects. Douglas Trumbull has created effects for 2001 and for Qose Encounters of the Third Kind; John Dykstra created special effects for Star Wars. It is remarkable that the two should be collaborating on a single motion picture.) Now, you and I will be surprised when we see, when it comes out, because when Trumbull took over, his rule was, “I’m very busy, we don’t have much time, give me total control - and so much in cash,”- called “cold cash”-and they’ve given him total control. So, certain things we have done are being wrenched in other directions. Case in point, and it will probably be an improvement, s an original concept - based on a rush date for the cargo depot scene, with a lot of people, and building a two-story set that later was amplified to six stories - will be changed. They threw out the old designs, and Trumbull’s working up new paintings. He’s still using the original live action (of the actors) - but he’s going to recombine it with a new concept of his choosing (of the set in which the live action takes place). Knight: I was very curious about one point. What happens to the sets after the picture? Do they just store them, and eventually sell them, like the old Warner Brothers sets? Minor: I understand Stage 9, where the Enterprise interiors - the bridge, medical, and engineering, all that stuff, the corridors - it’s under lock and key - still just sitting there, locked up tight as a drum ...awaiting some future development. Knight: One last thing. In the flight scenes of the Enterprise, are the stars in the background in motion toward the camera, as they were on television? or are they stationary, as in Star Wars? Minor: That's post-production work that Trumbull is handling, and I don’t know if they’ve even gotten around to deciding what is yet. Knight: It’ll be a thing to look forward to. Minor: That may be one of those things that's being solved - at this very minute. U)e.\\ Fre.d, I+'s onVu * ujour +V\rcxvV l JOIN THE imw T«as AND RECEIVE EITHER A $1,500 $2,000 Contact your local ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Recruiter and see if YOU Qualify contact STATE ARMORY 1055 E. GENESEE ST. 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